About
About our specialist paediatric expert witness panel
Independent paediatric medico-legal reports for instructing solicitors, UK-wide.
01 Who we are
A specialist medico-legal panel working solely in paediatric and adolescent matters.
We prepare independent, court-ready expert reports for instructing solicitors, and we keep our focus narrow on purpose: child health is its own field, and the questions a court asks about an injured or unwell child are best answered by clinicians who work with children day to day.
We are instructed by solicitors on both claimant and defence sides. The child is always the subject of the report; the instructing solicitor is who we work for. Our aim is straightforward: to give you a clear, well-evidenced opinion from an appropriately qualified paediatric specialist, delivered to the standard the court expects and within a timeframe you can plan around.
02 What we do
We cover the paediatric matters that most often reach court or settlement:
- Birth injury and hypoxic brain injury
- Non-accidental injury and suspected shaken baby cases
- Sepsis and the failure to recognise a deteriorating child
- Child and adolescent mental health (CAMHS) matters
- Perinatal child-side injury
Across these areas we produce condition and causation reports and breach-of-duty opinions, all prepared to CPR Part 35, so the expert’s duty to the court is clear on the face of the document. Paediatric claims also carry a feature solicitors know well: because the claimant is a child, any settlement requires court approval under CPR Part 21. We write with that protected-party framework in mind, so the report sits correctly within the litigation it supports.
See our full list of case areas, report types and expert disciplines.
03 Why solicitors choose us
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Appropriately qualified paediatric specialists
Every expert on our panel is GMC-registered and holds specialist-register status in their paediatric field, with RCPCH qualification behind them.
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Independence built in
Reports are prepared to CPR Part 35, with the expert’s overriding duty to the court stated plainly.
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Court-experienced consultants for the hardest matters
Non-accidental injury and suspected shaken baby cases are handled only by consultants with relevant court experience and Level 3 safeguarding training.
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A pace you can plan around
Same-day quotation on most enquiries, an expert allocated within 48 hours, standard reports in two to four weeks and urgent reports in one to two weeks.
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One named case manager
A single point of contact runs your instruction from first enquiry to delivered report.
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CVs before you instruct
We send the expert’s CV before instruction, so you commit only when you are satisfied with the fit.
04 Mission and values
Dependable, independent paediatric evidence that instructing solicitors can build a case on.
In practice that means matching each instruction to a genuinely suitable specialist and returning an opinion that meets the court’s requirements.
Independence
The opinion follows the evidence. Our experts answer to the court, and we never shape a report to suit the instructing side.
Clinical credibility
We staff each instruction with a specialist who works in the relevant paediatric field, so the opinion carries weight under scrutiny.
Responsiveness
We reply quickly, quote quickly and keep you updated, because litigation runs to deadlines.
Plain communication
Reports and correspondence are written to be understood by solicitors, courts and lay readers alike, without unnecessary jargon.
05 How we work
From your first enquiry, one case manager takes ownership. We confirm the case type and the paediatric discipline you need, provide a same-day quotation where possible, and put forward a suitable expert with their CV so you can check the fit before instructing. Once instructed, the expert reviews the records and prepares a CPR Part 35 report, returned within the agreed timeframe.
Every expert we put forward has been checked for GMC registration, specialist-register status and current safeguarding training appropriate to the work. We accept instructions on a private, Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA) or Legal Aid Agency (LAA) basis. For a fuller account of vetting and turnaround, see Why Us.
06 Our panel
Paediatric Experts is a panel rather than a single practice. We bring together consultants across the paediatric specialties, so we can match the specialist to the question in your case.
- Neonatology
- Paediatric neurology
- General paediatrics
- Child and adolescent psychiatry
- Related paediatric fields
We do not publish a headcount. What matters for your instruction is that the expert allocated to it holds the right qualifications and works in the relevant field, meeting the same independence and regulatory standard as everyone else on the panel. Where a matter calls for court-experienced input, such as criminal non-accidental injury work, we allocate accordingly.
07 Common questions
Same-day on most enquiries. Tell us the case type and the discipline you need, and we will come back with a fee estimate.
Two to four weeks as standard, or one to two weeks for urgent matters, from receipt of the records.
Once we understand the case, we allocate a suitable expert within 48 hours and send their CV before you instruct, so you confirm the fit yourself.
Child and adolescent medico-legal matters across the paediatric specialties, spanning clinical negligence, care proceedings and criminal cases involving children.
Private, Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA) and Legal Aid Agency (LAA) funding.
Yes. We work UK-wide.
Discuss a case with us
If you have a paediatric matter you would like to discuss, contact our case management team. We accept enquiries from legal professionals only.
Contact our case management team